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TIP CUTTING ATTACHMENT POR GIGAR BOXES.

Y No.32z,1o5. 1 Patented Ju1y141885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IsrDoE c. IsTEL, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIP-CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR ClGAR-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,105, dated July14,1885;

Application filed February 17, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsIDoR C. IsTEL, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTip-Cutting Attachments for Cigar-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to an improved tip-cutting attachment forcigar-boxes, by which the tips may be readily cut off and collected in asuitable receptacle in the box.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view ofa cigar-box with my improved tip-cutting attachment. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse section of the cigar-boX with parts broken away.Fig. 3 is a vertical section onliue x w, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

A in the drawings represents the body of a cigar-box, and B the lid ofthe same. One of the walls of the body A is provided with a conicalhole, c, for inserting the tip of the cigar. Back of the hole a isattached to the wall a cutting-plate, b, having a beveled upper edge forguiding the cutting-knife toward the tip. A cutter, C, is rigidlyattached to the `lid B, and so arranged as to pass along the perforatedcuttingplate b and cut oii` the tip projecting through the opening a tothe insideA of the body A. A partition, A', is arranged at the inside ofthe boX parallel to that Wall on which the tip-cutting attachment isarranged, said partition forming,with the'walls of the body, areeeptaclefor collecting the tips cut off from the cigars. The receptacle formed 35 by the partition is closed by a top strip, A2, which rests on thepartition A', and has a recess, d, at that point where the cutter Cpasses through-the top strip, A,

The tip-cutting attachment can be furnished 4o at a low rate, owing toits simplicity of constrcution, and cuts off the tips of the cigarsinserted into the hole simply by pressing on the lid in closing thesame,whilc it collects the tips at the same time in the interiorreceptacle of the cigar-box.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patentl The combination of a cigar-box having a conicalperforation in one of its walls, a perforated cutting-plate attached tothe inside of said wall, a cutter attached to thelid, a partitionparallel to the side Wall on which the cutting attachment is arranged,and a top strip having a recess at the point where the cutter passesthrough the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as n my invention I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISIDOR C. ISTEL.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CARL KAR?.

